Electric scintillating jeweler s advertising- device



Reissued Jan. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES,

ALFRED E. GOV'ER, F PATGHOGUE, YORK ELECTRIC SCINTILLATING JEWELERSADVERTISING DEVICE Original No. 1,771,710, dated Ju1y'29, 1930, SerialNo. ar se-met September 5, 1928'." Applicatid'n for reissue filedSeptember 29,

This invention relates to means for proa diamond and mount the same in acase hav ing wings adapted for attachment to a frame.

In this invention said setting comprising a hollow case adapted tocontain electric lights,

, is separately connected with a circuit through thermal flashingswitches.

In carrying out this invention in the preferred form, I provide acircular case having an enlargement at one side and a gap in saidenlargement in which I mount the setting and its jewel; and I providesaid case with a channel or channels on the inside thereof and with oneor more holes opening through the case into the channels, and I alsoprovide a detachable plate at the inner side of the hollow setting; andin making the device, electric lamps are mounted inside the chamber ofthe setting, and the leads therefrom are disposed in the channel orchannels and lead through the hole or holes for connection at the rearthrough the thermal switches,

with the electric circuit. v I provide inside the chamber, partitions toseparate the chamber into a number of compartments from which the lightfrom the lamps will be emitted through distinctive portions of the jewelwith the result that when the current is turned on, the lamps sendintermittent flashes through distinct and different areas of the'jewel,thus making the jewel present to the eye scintillations resemblingscintillations from a cut diamond or other precious stone.

To further heighten the efifect, I provide in said compartments,electric lamps having globes of different colors, such as red, greenand, yellow, together with a transparent globe through which latter thefull white light of the lamp will be directed to the jewel.

The invention includes the combination with the frame, of the hollowsetting case and lamps of different color values in such case.

It is understood that I do not limit myself to the specific form of thesetting, the shape 1931. Serial No. 565,91'0.

of the frame, the number, or the colors of the lamps, nor the number orshape of the compartments in the setting, as the invention is applicablein various ways and to frames representing various forms of rings,brooches, and other kinds of jewelry.

An advantage of this invention is that the seintillationsof differentcolored lights will give the app'earance o'f areal diamond to a jewel oflarge size'so as to awaken interest and wonder in the mind of the'passerby and thus call attention to the jewelry display in the window.

Qther objects, advantages and features of the invention may appear fromthe accounpanying drawings, the subjoined detailed de scription and theappended claims. I hejacconipanying drawings illustrate the invention: pFigure '1 is a view of the invention applied in the form of a ring, asthe same mightap pear to one viewing it displayed in a jewelers window.I

2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing one form of constructionof the invention in which the display consists of a ring presenting theappearance of the ring shown in Fig.- 1. Parts are broken away to exposeparts that would otherwise be hidden.

Fig; Sis an enlarged front elevation of the setting and part of theframe and the leads shown in Fig. 2. Dotted lines indicate the lampsbehind the jewel.

Fig. 4; is a section on linew, Fig. 2, looking out in the direction ofthe arrows. v

Fig. 5 is a section on line indicated at 02 sa v Fig. 6 is a section online w Figs. 4. and 5f. Fig. 7 is an enlarged View in section on line :0F 2. I

In the preferred form, and as shown, the frame 1 is an opaque circlet torepresent a iiI' 1- ger ring, and the setting 2 is an opaque case formedwith a chamber 3 having a front opening forming a seat in'whichis setthe translucent jewel 5 having facets 6. v 7 is an opaque closure forthe rear of, the case. 8 is an opaque partition forming compartments 9in which are disposed electric lamps as at;10,11, 12 and 13' that areseparately connected to a circuitlet by leads 15, 16, 17 and 18 thatpass through an opaque screen 19 and are independently controlledmanually as by screw rial and is shown as made of two like sheet feet.

- may be inserted for the metal stampings 22, 23, soldered, brazedorotherwise secured together at the central joint In practice theclosure 7 may be formed integral with the partition 8 which is shown in"i the form of a cross fitting friction tight in the case, thus formingfour compartments inthe chamber and permitting access to the chamberforthe purpose of installing, withdrawing and replacing the lamps, Theclosure, may have ears 25 under which an instrument purpose of removingthe closure. 7 q i ,After the device is installed, all or any of thelights may be manually turned (mane or,

and theoperation of the thermal switches aug tomatically causes thelamps to intermittently illuminate their specific compartments the lighttherefrom is refracted through the jewel and gives the requiredscintillating ef- 1 The jewel shown in the drawings is made of clear gass out to represent a diamond and the intermittent flashes from thelamps of difi'erent colors cause the scintillations through the jewel todisplay flashes of difierentcolors, thus giving t'he appearance ofapurelarge brilliant diamond. v

. What is claimed is: j v 1 1. An advertisin device comprising a case Ihaving partitions t erein; a jewel in one side of the case; partitionsin the case forming chambers open to the jewel; electric, light means inthe chambers; electrical conductors carried by the frame and connectedto the lights; means closing the case; means concealing the electricconductors and thermal flash means for causin the lights to flash in thechambers indepen entlyof each other.

2. A frame having a gap in one side there'- of; a case closing the gapand provided with a translucent jewel having exterior facets open to theinterior of the casing; partitions in the case; a series of intermittentflashing electric lamps in the spaces between thepartitions arranged tothrow their light through the jewel; electric conductors concealed inthe frame and connected to the lamps for intermittently and separatelyilluminating different areas of the inner face of the jewel.'

3. In a device of the character set forth, a frame composed of twolikeish'eet metal stain ings secured together at a central join andorming "an opaque circle having a chamber providedw'ith a front openingforming a seat for a jewel; anopaque closure for the 7 rear ofthecaseyan opaque partition that forms compartments for electric lamps;an opaque screen through which leads may pass for connection with lampsin said compart- 5., In an electric scintillating advertising device, atranslucent jewel, an opaque hol low, casing havin a chamber providedwith an openingin .WlllCll the jewel is seated, said chamber beingdivided into a plurality of compartments opening to the jewel, an elec-vtrio lamp located in each of said compartments, said lamps being'ofdifferent colors, and a thermal flashing switch in each lamp circuitoutside of said compartments for intermittently lighting said lamps atirregular intervals to cause the jewel to scintillate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALFRED E. GOVER.

